Egg-carton.



0. OPSJUN.

EGG CARTON.

APPLIUATIOII FILED NOV. 3, 1913.

Patented Jan. 19, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

0. OPSJON.

EGG CARTON.

APPLICATION FILLD Nov. 3. 1913v 1 ,125,720 Patented Jan.19, 1915.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

anuanfo'z QSUF OPSJ'ijN, 0F SALTESE, MONTANA.

nee cnzerou.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DLUF OPsJtiN, citizen.

of theUnited States, residingfat Saltese, in the county of Missoula and State of Montana-,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Eggartons, of which the following is a specification.

The subject-matter of the present invention' is directed to new and useful improvements; in cartons or holders for eggs, and as its principal object aims to provide a device of this character ,whichis peculiarly adapted forreceiving eggs and protecting them age-inst breakageduring transit.

A further object of this inventionaims to provide an egg carton which'is in-its preferred embodiment formed in the nature of a pasteboard mailing tube which is divided into a number of individual egg receiving compartments, so that each egg may be incased in a paste-board housing, thus guard ing it against contact with the other eggs in the carton and with foreign objects.

board, so that the tribes may be shipped in large quantities, occupying a minimum space and bein" adapted to be molded into assembled orm atthe time they are put into use.

"The above and additional objects are accoinplished bysuch means as are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, described in the following specification and then more particularly pointed out in thelclaims which 'are appended hereto and form a part of this a perspective view illustrating the carton and the closure in assembled relation Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the filler strip in which the eggs or other articles are Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Jan.- 19, 1915.

Application filed November 3, 1913. Serial No. 799,026.

wrapped before being placed in the several compartments of the carton; Fig. 4 is a sectlon on the hue H of. Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a perspective View of the tubular body member withthe cover removed, portions of the wall of the tube being brokenaway to more clearly illustrate the interior arrangement of the partltion walls and filler strips; and F g. 6 is a perspective view of the channelshaped closure member employed in sealing the openings through which the eggs are mserted'when being placed within the compartments of the carton.

The preferred embodiment of this inventlon, as illustrated in Fig. 5 particularly, includes two main elements, a body tube 10 and a closure 11.'

The bod tube 10, which is I best illustrated in ig. 1, wherein is shown a plan tured, is preferably formed from a rectangularsheet of pasteboard. The material from I which the body tube of the carton is formed A still further object is to form the carton ortube from a rectangular blank of pasteis, as stated, preferably pasteboard of medium thickness, but it is, of course, apparent that if'so desired the tube may be fashioned of any suitable composition which may be found advantageous without departing in any Way from the. spirit of this invention.

In the preferred form, the rectangular sheet of-pasteboard l2, referred to above, is in length slightly greater than the combined lengths of six eggs,-althoughthe tube may be made to accommodate a greater or less number of eggs as circumstances may require. This member 12, which as indiview of the blank from which it is manufaccated forms the tube member of the device,

is formed with a longitudinally extending series of spaced tongues 13 which are cir-- cular in shape and are formed by subscribing six circles in the line of the longitudinal center of the member 12. It will be noted upon reference to Fig. 1 that the centers of these circles, are equidistantly spaced longi tudinally on the member 12, and that the tongues are -;r0duced by slitting the pasteb'oarol around the line of the circles all the way except a slight distance'on'each side of the longitudinal center line of the memher. It will be noted upon reference to Fig. 1 that by leaving the portions of the pasteboard uncut on each side of the center as at 15, a connecting portion is formed between each tongue 13 and the body blank 1.2.

. sary in order that the member 12 may be longitudinally rolled to produce a tube which incases the tongues 13 as in Fig. 4. It will be noted upon reference to this figure that when the tongues are bent at right angles and the blank has been rolled to assume the form. of a cylindrical tube, the tongues 13 divide the tube thus produced into anumber of individual compartments which in the preferred embodiment will be six. It maybe desirable to mention in this connection that the diameter of the tongues 13 is slightly greater than the cross sectional diameter of an ordinary egg, being thusformed so that the filler strips, to be hereinafter described, may be wrapped around each egg and placed in the egg receiving compartments. It is to be further noted that the width of the blank 12 is approximately equal to 21:11 It in this equation being the radius of the circle from which the tongues 13 are descrlbed,

In inserting the eggs into the mdrvidual compartments which are provlded 1n the tube 10 in the manner above described, each egg is first wrapped in one of the filler strips illustrated in detail m Fig. 3, and designated by .the numeral 16. Each of these filler strips is preferably rectangular in shape and of such dimensions as may be accommodated in the egg recel'vmg chambers. In the preferred embodlment, the filler strips are formed of corrugated pasteboard, but cotton batting, a fabric, or any other element of a similar nature maybe employed, it being, of course, ObVlOllS in this @connection that the selection of the material.

from which the filler strips are formed is purely an arbitrary matter, and one to be governed solely by the circumstances andconditions. The only requisite of the filler strips is that they be of suchnature that they will effectually guard theeggs against shocks and jars.

After the eggs have been placed within the-receiving compartments of the tube 10,

the closure member 11 is applied to o it.

' This closure member 11 consistsin the preferred embodiment of a channel shaped sheet of pasteboard, as will be noted upon particular reference to Fig. 4, in which this feature of the invention is best illustrated.

' This closure is,.o f course, laced longitudinally on the tube 10, an, is" arranged to may, of course, be replaced by metallic 2. -As an article of manufacture, a blank 7 cover the openings which are produced by bending the mem, ers 13 as above set forth.

A number of gummed ribbons l7,cwhich may be of manila paper or some suitable fabric, such as cheese-cloth and the like, are carried by the closure 11, and are designed to be wound aroundand applied to the tube in2the wellknown manner, as shown in When the blank 12 of the tube has been bent into tubular form, a piece of cheesecloth or linen is applied by gluing to'the free edges of the blank so that they will be held in the desired relation to one another. Referring again to Fig. 1, it will be noted so that a terminal tongue is formed on one end I of the member 12, and'that this tongue extends beyond the edge thereof. It will be obvious that this tongue is employed as a closure for the end of the tube. I

While the preferred embodiment of this inventionemploys as a means for holding the closure on the tube 10, a number of gummed 'paper' or fabric ribbons, these elements rings of thewell known type.

clampin duction to practice, I --have--: found In re that the form of my invention illustrated in' the drawings, and referred -to in the above description as the preferred embodiment, is the most efiicient and practical; yet realizing that the conditions concurrent Y 'with the adoption of my devicewill necessarily vary, I desire to emphasize the fact that various minor changes in details of construction, proportion and arrangement of parts ma be resorted to, when required, without sacr ficing any of-the advantages of myjinvention, as defined in the appended claims.

What is claimed is Y i 1. As anarticle of manufacture, a container of the class describedincluding a tubular body member formed from a single blank of material having a plurality of sub-. stantially circular clefts cut in spaced relation to each other alon a longitudinal median line, the material eed by the clefts being ada ted to be .bent inwardly, after the blank is rolled, forming partition walls which divide thebody member into a plurality of individual-compartments,.a chan- ,ing the closure in position on the body memher.

for 'forming cylindrical, containers, said .125 blank being substantially rectangular and being provided with a longitudinally. extending, medially disposed series of spaced clefts, each of which frees 'asubstantially cylindrical portion adapted to be bent in- 180.

wardly forming a partition wall when the In testimon wheieof I aifix my signature blank is rolled into cylindrical form, and a in presence 0 witnesses. substantially circular tab formed on one terminal of the blank and extendin beyond OLUF OPSJON' the edge thereof, said tab being a apted to Witnesses:

constitute a terminal closure for one end AUGUST BERG,

compartment when the blank is rolled into GUST. MOSER,

cylindrical form. v A. G. ENERLY. 

